Crisis

Your friend routinely skips breakfast. By 1pm each day, he is ravenously hungry. You stop by his office to ask a question and there he is, eating pretzels by the handful. He starts to choke, and is visibly scared.

You could:

A - start lecturing him..."See what happens when you skip breakfast?...you always eat so fast at lunch it is no small wonder this hasn't happened before!"

B - help him stop choking right away.

Think about this when a colleague has trouble at work finishing an assignment. Assisting in finishing a PowerPoint presentation may not be a life-threatening situation - but it can feel like it.